Pil'na climate — normals and trends
Pil'na (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 588 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pil'na averages 165 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Pil'na has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 178 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -46.0 °C (on 31 December 1978).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Pil'naNizhny Novgorod Oblast
- coords
- 55.55°, 45.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.4°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
588mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
126.4 cm
Average feels-like high
4.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.8 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-46.0 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
76 mm
27 July 1973
Windiest day
48.8 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-51.1 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
16.1 h
18 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.2 °C | +7.2 °C | 48 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | -4.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 6.6 °C | +7.3 °C | 25 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 49 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 27 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 70 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 23.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 89 mm | +28 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 15 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 35 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | +6.1 °C | 68 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | -2.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pil'na?
Pil'na has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 588 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pil'na?
The hottest day measured in Pil'na between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pil'na?
The coldest day measured in Pil'na between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -46.0 °C.
Does it snow in Pil'na?
Yes. Pil'na gets on average 126.4 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Pil'na warmed?
Yes: Pil'na warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pil'na?
The wettest day measured in Pil'na between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1973, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pil'na?
The windiest day measured in Pil'na between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pil'na?
The warmest month in Pil'na is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Pil'na?
Pil'na receives on average 588 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pil'na?
Pil'na gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pil'na?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pil'na between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pil'na?
Yes: Pil'na has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pil'na?
In Pil'na, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 6 August 2010, and the lowest was -51.1 °C on 31 December 1978.
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